Little help needed......back from mid January...

[mattm73]

Ok bit of a story here....back in January the GF's jeep died and I wen thru learning about the AUX battery and I attempted to change it. In doing so I bent one particular Pin and the jeep would do ALMOST NOTHING.....I wound up charging the AUX battery and NOT replacing it, and examined each pin carefully and discovered the culprit (one single pin) and ever so gently bent it back into alignment and we were good to go.

Three weeks ago it mimics a similar dead-ish battery situation and she has it towed a dealer who sits on it for 2 weeks and then moves it to a local shop who diagnoses the battery and puts a new one in. Its important to note that it was trying to start and just didnt have the juice......NOT the total shutdown when I bent the pin.

Last Friday the Jeep is dead again and goes back to local shop. He works on it a few days and says its a broken pin in the Power distribution box, but wont say if he went in that way to replace the battery. *he actually said a bad "circuit board" (is there even a circuit board?) on the phone from what I heard....mentioned bad ground as well.

He wants to replace the Power Distribution box now....

Lots of guilt here and some friction......my question is this....how can I tell if he went in the thru the top or went via the fender flare? I have ideas but want to put it to the crowd. Y'all were super helpful when I was outside working on this thing in the snow in January....

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[mattm73]

my first thought (of course) is why did i attempt this to begin with...ugh.

 

[mwilk012]

You probably attempted it due to some really bad advice from here. It’s never a good idea. If you think you have good experience with it and can find and fix a bent pin again, you’re always free to decline repairs and attempt it.

 

[mattm73]

The question is, -now that a mechanic has had it now twice since then, and is saying he hasn’t touched the fuse box, how would one tell if the fender flare had been taken off?

 

[Jeepeto]

It really sucks, but I'm going to have to go against the grain here.

If the mechanic had done the initial install and bent the pin, you would blame the mechanic for the broken pin today. (anyone would) The way I see it, this is part of working on your own stuff, sometimes things don't go as planned. If you're confident in your understanding of how fragile it may be you may attempt to do the work yourself, obviously be very careful. If you're not confident, I think you're gonna have to take the mechanic at his word on this one, even if he went in through the engine bay, it's an existing condition at this point. You shouldn't put the blame on him for opening the can of worms.

I know it's not what you want to hear, but put yourself in the dudes shoes. You open up someone else's mistake and through no fault of your own, you're going in the hole while working to make a living.

I know it sucks, I know it's not what you want to hear, but I'm just a stranger on the internet giving my two-cents.

 

[dsgrey]

Not sure you could tell unless they left some marking. Anyone have the shop manual instructions? I would "think" it would detail removing the fuse box versus the fender.

 

[mattm73]

All good. I know exactly
Which pin I bent, and the only thing that has me questioning this is that it was fine for quite a while and then was diagnosed with a bad battery. Dead again with new battery in it in less than a week. Heade a point to insist that although he had been checking continuity and grounds, he had NOT opened the fuse box.

i don’t feel badly for initially going thru the fuse box b/c the jeep was effectively stranded at the time.

 

[mwilk012]

The question is, -now that a mechanic has had it now twice since then, and is saying he hasn’t touched the fuse box, how would one tell if the fender flare had been taken off?

If they do it with removal of entire fender, you’ll never know.

 

[mwilk012]

Not sure you could tell unless they left some marking. Anyone have the shop manual instructions? I would "think" it would detail removing the fuse box versus the fender.

absolutely not. It calls for removing the LINER only, as I’ve been saying for years it seems like. It’s perfectly simple and no other way is preferable, ever, for any reason.

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